Almeda Has A Merry Atheist-Kids-Get-Presents Day

Almeda Has A Merry Atheist-Kids-Get-Presents Day* Or as some prefer to call it, Christmas

On Christmas Eve Almeda decided she wanted to curl her hair, so after she took a shower, she twisted sections of her wet hair into little buns [there are no rollers in Almeda's house, so she had to go old school] until her head was entirely covered by little knots of hair. She decided she rather liked the way this looked and decided to forget about the curls. If you don't care about Almeda's hair, too bad. "I have shortish hair, so it often seems like there is little to be done with it, so when I do do something with it, I get very excited," Almeda explains.

With her new hairstyle, Almeda and family went downtown [note: when Almeda speaks of going "downtown," she means going to Philadelphia, in case you didn't realise] to see a Christmas pageant, in which her cousin played a Wise Man. It leaned toward the boring, but Almeda behaved herself wonderfully, which is more than can be said for a certain younger sister of Almeda.

After the pageant, everyone went to Auntie Jane's house for Christmas Eve dinner. When they left, it was snowing, which made Almeda very happy, but it wasn't sticking, which made Almeda very sad.

The next morning was Christmas!!!!!!!11111one When Almeda got up, it was raining. So much for a white Christmas. Almeda's mother told her that at 3:00 in the morning snow was everywhere, and it looked quite pretty, but that wasn't much of a comfort.

After Almeda's father finally got up, everyone opened presents. Almeda got books, some clothes, and some other stuff. Almeda's sister, Nora, got a karaoke machine, which was quite cool. Almeda & fam. spent some quality time karaokeing [Almeda loves verbing words].

Almeda had slept with the knots in her hair and at this point she took them out. Her hair was superduper curly, nearly an Afro, except that Almeda is irredeemably white. Almeda pulled back her hair in what she's always known as a Pollyanna, but only because she had this book when she was younger and that's what they called it. That made it less crazy looking, which was a good thing. Then everyone packed into the car and drove downtown to Jeff and Linda's. Jeff and Linda are not technically family, but they might as well be, and it's tradition to eat Christmas brunch at their house.

There Almeda got more presents and ate some yummy banana bread and quiche. "And while we were there, it started to snow!" Almeda exclaims. "But again, it wasn't sticking."

After brunch, Gram Apple, Jane, Almeda, Colin, Nora, and Leo walked to Jane's house, which was a Bad Idea. Gram Apple's leg started to hurt her, and everyone got wet because at this point it was still snowing, but when it touched the ground it melted, so it was basically like rain. The bottom of Almeda's jeans got wet, so at Jane's house she changed into sweat pants. "I felt a little grungey, but they were really comfy, and it was just family, so who cares?" Almeda says. "And there I read The Importance of Being Earnest, which was very much like the movie. All the best lines were taken from the book for the movie, so excellent job, whoever wrote the screenplay for that."

After relaxing at Jane's house for a while, they went to Aunt Jackie's house for Christmas dinner. "Yummy food, foosball, and more presents," says Almeda. "Oh, and I pulled all of my wonderfully curly hair up in a ponytail at this point, in case you were keeping track."

Finally Almeda's family went home. In the car, as they were driving home, Almeda noticed that there was snow on the ground. "I was so excited! 'cause my dad had said that it was cooler in the suburbs than in the city, and he was right! When we got home, there was snow everywhere!"

Presents
Watch Your Mouth
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
Lost
The Color of Magic
Lady Knight (autographed!)
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
Lucky (two copies ^^;)
Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls

Dig Me Out
The Hot Rock
Docudrama

money
a lamp [with a sexy stripey lampshade]
custom jewelry
Sleater-Kinney sticker, monkey tee
Aveda lip balm
socks
games [Twister, Hilarium]
other good stuff

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